Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [prep] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The European elections saw Labour capture forty-five seats to the Conservatives ' thirty-two , the first major defeat for Mrs Thatcher in ten years of premiership . |
| 2 | ‘ Rode through forty nights of the gospels ' rain Black sky pourin' snakes frogs And love in vain You were down where the river grows wider Baby let me be your soul rider . ’ |
| 3 | That game in the fascinating title run-in is on April 12 , just six days before the Gunners ' Coca-Cola Cup final against Sheffield Wednesday , but Graham pledged : ‘ United will be expecting us to play just as hard and do them a favour — and we will do our best . ’ |
| 4 | Labour won a massive victory being returned with 393 seats to the Conservatives ' 213 and the Liberals ' 12 . |
| 5 | There was almost a tragedy in 1905 when a major fire broke out one night in the early hours of the morning while 44 boys in the boys ' dormitories were asleep . |
| 6 | In 1924 , with the slogan " Keep Cool with Coolidge " , he easily retained the presidency for the Republicans , carrying 35 states to the Democrats ' 12 ; 15 million Americans voted for him , while 8 million voted for the Democrat candidate and nearly 5 million for Robert La Follette , a Progressive " third party " candidate . |
| 7 | In the case of The Cure , they sent in three versions of The Doors ' ‘ Hello I Love You ’ . |
| 8 | In the case of The Cure , they sent in three versions of The Doors ' ‘ Hello I Love You ’ . |
| 9 | Incredibly , only three of the Fijian party on duty — naturally , including Serevi — travel to the colony for this weekend 's tournament , indicative of the phenomenal sevens resources at the islanders ' disposal . |
| 10 | Incredibly , only three of the Fijian party on duty — naturally , including Serevi — travel to the colony for this weekend 's tournament , indicative of the phenomenal sevens resources at the islanders ' disposal . |
| 11 | The Giants ' starting pitcher , Rick Reuschel , was driven from the game after only 18 pitches as the Cubs ' lead-off man , Jerome Walton , had two first-inning hits and Mark Grace three hits and four runs batted in . |
| 12 | The man who was killed was one of three people who attacked a crew from the international television news agency , Visnews , 50 yards from the Marines ' post at the airport entrance . |
| 13 | He was forced to fly to Colombo last month to rescue a New Zealand tour after a Tamil suicide bomber blew himself up just 50 yards from the Kiwis ' team hotel . |
| 14 | The home side increased their lead when teenager Eamonn McLaughlin fired an unstoppable shot from 25 yards into the visitors ' net . |
| 15 | My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has appointed the eight members of the schoolteachers ' review body under the chairmanship of Sir Graham Day . |
| 16 | But there is one change on the employers ' side that needs to be mirrored for employees : the abolition of the ceiling . |
| 17 | The run-off results were as follows : Acre was won by Edumundo Pinto ( Social Democratic Party — PDS ) , Amapá by Annibal Barcellos ( Liberal Front Party — PFL ) , Maranhao by Edison Lobao ( PFL ) , Mato Grosso do sul by Jaime Campos ( PFL ) , Minas Gerais by Helio Garcia ( Social Reform Party — PRS ) , Paraíba by Ronaldo Cunha Linha ( Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement — PMDB ) , Parana by Roberto Requiao ( PMDB ) , Pernambuco by Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti ( PFL ) , Piauí by Feitas Neto ( PFL ) , Rio Grande do Norte by Agripino Maia ( PFL ) , Rio Grande do Sul by Alceu Colarres ( Democratic Labour Party — PDT ) , Rondônia by Osvaldo Pianna ( from one branch of the Workers ' Party ( PT ) identified as the PTR ) , Roraima by Otomar Pinto ( Brazilian Labour Party — PTB ) , Sao Paulo by Luis Antonio Fleury ( PMDB ) , and Tocantins by Moises Avelino ( PMDB ) . |
| 18 | One spin-off of the miners ' strike has been management 's disappointment ( see House of Commons Energy Committee , January 1988 ; comments by Sir Robert Haslam , Chairman of British Coal ) with pit deputies responsible for health and safety , who are members of NACODS . |
| 19 | Controversy surrounded the release in January 1991 of four Belgian hostages in Lebanon [ see p. 37977 ] , when it emerged that Walid Khaled , the spokesperson in Lebanon of the extremist Revolutionary Council of Fatah ( RCF ) who had helped negotiate their release , had been granted a three-month tourist visa on Jan. 11 , one day before the hostages ' release and at a time of great international tension because of the Gulf crisis . |
| 20 | One reason for the Surrealists ' relatively slow climb since 1975 is that they were highly valued then . |
| 21 | For males aged 21 and over who were sentenced to immediate imprisonment at the Crown Court , the average length was 20.5 months in 1999 , compared with 2.7 months in the magistrates ' court ( Home Office , 1990f ) . |
| 22 | Nearly 60 guests at the Seniors ' Party organised by Lydham , More & Snead W I for those in the parishes and former residents were delighted to welcome Ken Lucas to their tea-party in September . |
| 23 | Presents that will help with financial planning include two books from the Consumers ' Association : Which ? |
| 24 | Presents that will help with financial planning include two books from the Consumers ' Association : Which ? |
| 25 | Presents that will help with financial planning include two books from the Consumers ' Association : Which ? |
| 26 | Any position in the robot 's reach can be described by its two images in the cameras ' fields of view . |
| 27 | He had indicated already he wished her to stay in the house for the night , and she knew well enough that the continued presence of her widowed mother and four brothers in the servants ' quarters in the rear compound depended on her strict obedience to all the wishes of the plantation director in his house . |
| 28 | The aim of the three-to-seven-year leasing programme is to free 1,250 pubs from the brewers ' tie before the November deadline , rather than try to sell them into a depressed market . |
| 29 | Mejka has denied attempting to pervert the course of justice and two offences under the Companies ' Act . |
| 30 | Within a hundred years of the missionaries ' arrival many English men and women had enthusiastically adopted the monasticism which was considered the purest form of the Christian life and the surest way to salvation , and which had spread throughout western Europe in the fifth and sixth centuries . |